Thyrnau Castle

Thyrnau Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery in Thyrnau, Bavaria, in the Diocese of Passau. In Thyrnau, Passau ministerial families already had their seat in the Middle Ages. Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Lamberg acquired the building in 1692 for 46,000 guilders from Baron Schätzl zu Watzmannsdorf and Hörmannsberg. Lamberg's successor had the building demolished in 1714 and a new castle erected by master builder Domenico d'Angeli. In 1763, under Prince-Bishop Leopold Ernst von Firmian, further additions were made, in particular an additional attic floor was installed and the clock gable and a turret were added. In addition, the Prince-Bishop had an 85 Tagewerke large deer park laid out. After the secularization in Bavaria, the castle fell to the Bavarian state, which sold it in 1822 to Johann Lorenz Freiherr von Schaezler.

In 1902, the former hunting lodge was acquired and settled by Cistercian nuns from Vézelise (France). The sisters came from the Cistercian Abbey of Rathausen near Lucerne, founded in 1245 and dissolved in 1848.

Between 1910 and 1914, the monastery was expanded to include a church, living quarters for the sisters, and guest rooms. Since May 20, 1925, it has held the rank of an abbey. Today, the monastery houses, among other things, a widely known paraments embroidery workshop.

In 1929, the convent was able to found the daughter monastery Apolo in Bolivia.

A temporarily existing Capuchin monastery in Thyrnau was founded in 1689 and dissolved in 1802 during the secularization.